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The Art of Photography => The Coffee Corner => Topic started by: tom b on February 21, 2015, 09:17:51 pm

Title: The Wonderful World of Albert Khan
Post by: tom b on February 21, 2015, 09:17:51 pm: I bumped into an old workmate this morning, he is a French Teacher. During my conversation with him I was reminded of the BBC documentary, The Wonderful World of Albert Khan. You can see videos of the series on YouTube here (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+wonderful+world+of+albert+kahn).

This series is fascinating hostorically but it is the photography that stands out, colour photography from around the world from 1909 onwards, who would have thought.

Cheers,
Title: Re: The Wonderful World of Albert Khan
Post by: tom b on February 21, 2015, 11:35:28 pm: I just revisted two of the videos and they were great.

For those who want an idea of the photography that Albert Khan brought to the world you can look here (https://www.google.com.au/search?q=The+Wonderful+World+of+Albert+Kahn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=LFvpVIGoD8Si8AX6r4GgAg&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAg&biw=1138&bih=507).

Cheers,
Title: Re: The Wonderful World of Albert Khan
Post by: jjj on February 22, 2015, 12:52:06 pm: I came across his work a few years back and I love looking at colour shots from history, because colour which is an integral part of life tended until relatively recently to not be captured. Or it is erased over time such as the classical Greek marble statues having their gaudy colours vanish entirely. This unsurprising and ironically colours our view of history.
Title: Re: The Wonderful World of Albert Khan
Post by: jjj on February 22, 2015, 01:42:55 pm: It would be nice if all 72,000 images were put up for viewing/research. What an amazing treasure trove of imagery.